Legal Opinion
City of Knoxville v. Phillips
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 16, 1931PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKinney
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips instituted this suit against the City of Knoxville to recover damages to property as a result of a change in grade of a street. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the owners for $2600. The trial court ordered a remittitur of $750', and entered -judgment for $1750, which was affirmed by the Court of Appeals, and the city has filed a petition for writ of certiorari.
Broadway is' one of the principal thoroughfares in the City of Knoxville, and, generally speaking, runs north and south. Mr. and Mrs. (Phillips, in the summer of 1928, purchased a tract of land of 2.4…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway Co. v. EberleIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Illinois Cent. R. v. MoriarityTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
- Vanderburgh v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- McLemore v. Charleston & Memphis RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1902
- Lewisburg & N. R. v. HindsTennessee Supreme Court · 1915
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
- McDonald v. Scott CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1935
- McKinney v. Davidson CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1953
- Morris v. OstertagCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1963
- Polk v. City of MemphisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1932
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